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it to the Detroit Art Museum. The picture
of some local charity.
Alonzo A. Griffith, hotel keeper at
North Morenci, was arrested the other
night by Sheriff Swigart of Clinton coun-
ty. Griffith was formerly in the Bohemian
oats busine = and is wanted at st. Johns
for alleged false pretenses.
As Mrs. Levi Burr, an aged lady Of Jack
son attempted to enter her Garage the
othe' day, the bone above her left knee
the bone had turned to substance like
chalk She cannot recover.
Revised estimates place the loss by the
Lake Linden fire at 81, 90; insurance,
s315,000. The work of rebuilding has al
ready commenced and the citizens are
hopeful, Notwithstanding the terrible cal
amity which has fallen upon them.
Prof Cyrus Is. Thomas, superintendent
of the East Saginaw schools, has been
chosen superintendent of tn. state public
schools. He is a man of great bility and
large experience, and st nds at the head
of his profes ion in Michigan. He will as
sumo his new duties next month.
The June meeting OF the executive com
mittee of the Michigan state agricultural
society viii he held at Lansing June |. In
acceptance of an invitation rendered by
the state board of agriculture the commit
tee will visit the agricultural college and
college farm on Thursday, June 2.
Although h. had made his settlement
with the township board treasurer A.
Eerstine OF Otsego Lake, has cen sued
for the recovery of OH alleged shortage OF
Sl031, claimed to have been discovered
recently. Kerstine will fight the suit
The Nermilion Pine and Iron Land com
pany, capt. Il sl,500,C0l, was organized in
Nesaunee few days ago. The principal
office is loo tied at Negaunee. The com
pany owns about 5000 acres of iron and
pine lands in Itasca, ST. Louis and Lake
counties, Mimi, and the work OF develop
ment will begin at once.
Six months ago James Carrick was ar
rested in Fruitport township, Mus kegon
county, for breaking into the railway
station t ere and stealing three hams and a
keg of beer. He was bound over to the cir
cult court for trial and in the meantime has
been confined in the county Jail. He has
become insane, and is now confined in the
asylum at Traverse City.
Hon. Hale W. Page, head of the Page
manufacturing company and one of the
most prom nent citizens of Kalamazoo is
dead. lie caves a widow and one daughter,
tie latter the wife of DR.. Kendall Brooks
of Kalamazoo college. Mr.. Page was a
member of the Massachusetts legislature
several terms. aud voted twice for harle
Summer for United States senator.
A sad accident occurred in Nhssar the
other day. John Johnson, aged 8 years,
son OF John Johnson, was handling shot
gun in the yard The gun was discharged,
killing instantly Miss Virginia Johnson.
The hot penetrated the left side of the
head and blew a pirt of the head Off. At
til time of the shooting Virginia was sit
ting by an open window.
The Michigan association of eclectic
physicians, at its annual meeting in Jack
son, elected the following officers for the
ensuing year President. William Bell,
SMYRNA; vice-presidents, A. Ii. May
Ionia: A. Conklin, Manchester; L. San
ders, Bronson; secretary, H. S. McMasters,
Dowagiac; treasurer, w. W. Easton, Do.
wagiac. Kalamazoo was chosen as the
place of meeting for next year, the meet
ing to be he'd the third week in May.
AS ,istant United States District At
.orney wilkins of Detroit says that in his
opinion, the people of Windsor will not he
al o ted by the decision of Assistant Sec
rotary Maynard to the eject that it is a
violation of the law against importing
labor under contract to hire per ons resid-
ing in Drummondsville, Canada, to work
in this country, and who cross morning
nd night going to and returning from
their work. There are some hundred resi-
dents of Windsor who work in Detroit.
The twelfth annual reunion of the ia
nous Loomis battery was held in Cold
water on the /. tn inst. Thirty-fve vete-
rams were present. The next meeting takes
place in Coldwater May %, 1858. The
officers for the ensuing year are: President,
A. ii. Bachman, Detroit; vice-president,
Geo. T. Jack, bet 'oit; secretary and treas
urer, James T. Eeadle, Detroit; orator, S.
F. Dwight, Hillsdale, with J. w. Streeter,
Chicago, alternate; historian, james T..
Beadle: committee of arran ge ments j. G..
Parkhurst r. C. Chandler, s. L. Lawrence,
Cbar.es Lee, "A. j. Hanna.
At the annual meeting of the state
homeopathic medical society tie folio wing
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
Pre- ,ident, X. c. Olin, Detroit; First Vice
President A. b. Cornell, Kalamazoo;
Second Vice President d. M. Nottingham.
Lansing: General Secretary, X. b. House e,
Tecumseh: Corresponding Secretary, A.
f. Randall, Lexington; Treasurer. H. NJ.
Warren, Jonesville. The next meeting
will be held at Ionia. Chairmen for the
different bureaus were elected as follows
Physiology,-H. C.. Allen, Ann Arbor
Theory and Practice-D. A. McLachlin,
Ann Arbor; Pedology-J. II. Cowell, East
Saginaw; Surgery-A. b. Grant, lonia
Gynoco ogy-J. &. Nottingham, Bay City
Obtetrics-W. +. Clark, Three Rivers
Materia Medica-G. ID. Alien Portland
Mental and Nervous iseases-O. II. Long,
Ionia; Pathology-C. A. Walsh, Detroit
Sanitary Scence-A. Il. Cornell, Kalam 4
zoo: Opthalmology and Otology-C. +.
Sterling, Detroit.
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